Metal tie and rail fastener.



No. 823,629. I PATENTBD JUNE 19, 1906.

, D.E.0LDS. METAL TIE AND RAIL PASTENER.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1905.

INVENTOR= ATTORNEY.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29. 1905.

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DAVID E. OLDS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY."

"METAL TlE AND RAIL FASTENER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID E. OLDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark,

in the county of Essex and State of New Jer sey, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Metal Tie and Rail Fasteners and I do hereby declare the following to be 'a'full, clear, and exact description of the 1nvention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of rail supporting means for railways in which Wood and iron or steel are employed together, the former to secure the des red elasticity in the foundation or base for the rails, so that the cars are cushioned in their movements thereover, and the latter to secure the increased durability such as steel and iron afford.

The objects of the present improvements are to reduce the cost of construction, to reduce the cost of maintenance, to enable the wear to be taken up with greater convenlence and ease, and to secure other advan tagesand results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the working parts.

'The invention consists in the lmproved supporting-bed for railway-rails and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses of'the claim.

- Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate correiponding parts in each of the several figures,

gure l-is'ailan showing a ortion of one of niy improve beds or foun ations and connections by which a rail is fastened. Fi 2 .is a section of the same, taken at line 00 of ig.

3. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 4 1s a detail plan of one of my improved metal ties, and Fig. 5 isa section of the same taken at line 3 In said drawings, 16 indicates a railway rail having the usual head 11, web 12, and base-flange 13.

14 is a suitable metallic chair or tie-plate upon which the rail is secured. 15 indicates a wooden base-block u on which the tie-plate or chair 13 is seated, ut upon which the rail 10 maybe directly seated,

I atenterl June 19,1906.

ifpreferred. While I prefer wood in the construction of the base-block 1:1, I may use other more or less elastic material, such as.

compressed pulp or similar material, adapted to reduce vibration and rovide a smooth and easy movement of tile train over the rails. The block 15 is comparatively short and inexpensive as compared with Wooden ties now commonly in use. Said block is in turn seated upon a metallic tie 16. (Shown in detail in Figs. 4 and 5.) Said metallic ties are provided at their opposite longitudinal edges with depending flanges 1.7 17 to give to the said tie adequate ri idity and strength, though the said tie may e made of channeliron 1n any desirable form of cross-section.

Near the ends of the said tie near where the same are crossed by the. rails are formed,

said pintles 18 serving as means for holding the said opposite ends'of the rail-supplortingbase-blocks 15 in lace. Certain of t I a n 35 pintles 18 extend upwardly torecelve .th

e said block 15 between. Other of said pintles extend downwardly, as at 181, to receive a second similarly elastic block 19, lyin undere neath the metal tie between the thereof. Between the inner series of pintles near the opposite ends of the tie ange 17 thesaid tie is raised, as at 20, to throw thetoward the opposite ends where thetie is perferated, as at 192, to permit a free drainage. Underneath the bottom block] 9 is preferably arranged a metallic plate 21, having atop 0- site ends integral extensions 22, adaptedpto enter the small angles of a rail clamping or fastening frame 30, hereinafter described. Said extensions '22 pro'ect beyond the .o posite sides of the tie an enter into separab e relation with the angular parts of the fastener 30.

The fastener 30, preferred for the purposes of this case, is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 more fully, and consists of an iron or steel rod or bar bent into frame-like structure, and thus adapted to engage the flanges of the rail and,- in connection with the key-plate 21, hold said rail firmly in place on the tie and its blocks. Said frame-like bar is bent, as at 31, to engage the top of the flange 13 at one side of the rail and hold said flange down u on its seat on the plate 14. From this sai flange 13 the water away fromthe top of the said tie and i extends upward at 33 at an inclination oppo- Site that of the inclined extension 32 to a point above the opposite rail-flange 13,where the ends of the framedike fastener are threaded, as at '34, to receive nuts 25. On said upwardlyextending ends are arranged the keeper 26, which is ertorated to permit the passage of said en s upward .therethrough and extends horizontally from said ends to- Ward the rail, said keeper projecting over the flange of the rail, as shown in Fig. 3. By

; arranging the frame-like fastener in connection with the rail, blocks, tie, and keeper in the manner illustrated in the drawings and inserting the key-plate 21 beneath the bottom block, and within the angles of the fastener and then screwing down the nuts 25 against the keeper 26 the parts are securely clamped to ether; but the peculiar relationof the wee en blocks to the metal parts is such as to avoid unpleasant vibrations and render the road-bed easy and smooth, as Wlll be understood.

Having thus described theinvention, what Iclaim as new is- I 1. The combination with a metallic tie and vthe railway-rail, of elastic blocks arranged above and below said metallic tie, and fasteners holding said rails, blocks, and metallic the flanged railway-rails, of elastic blocks tie in fixed relation, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a metallic tie and and fasteners extending from the top of the flan e of said rail downward at the sides of the lock and tie and having a plate extending underneath the tie, substantially as set forth.

and adapted to receive said rail and a framelike fastener extending from one flange of the rail downward at opposite sides of the block and tie and underneath said tie to a plate extending underneath the tie, and thence extending upward, a keeper-plate receiving the upper ends of said fastener, nuts and said. plate extending underneath the tie, substantially as set forth.

4. In a rail-fastening the metallic tie having integral lugs extending upward from the top of the tie, in combination with elastic blocks inserted between said integral lugs and prevented from moving lengthwise of said metallic tie in either direction, and clamping means extending underneath the said block and tie and upward to engage theopposite sides of the base-flange of the rail.

5. The combination with the metallic tie having upwardly and downwardly extendin lugs, of elastic blocks arranged above am beneath the metallic tie and means for fastening the upper and lower blocks to the tie and the rail onto the upper block, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with the metallic tie, of wooden blocks arranged above and ho neath the tie, the upper block furnishing a seat for the rail, and means for clam ing the upper and lower blocks to the tie an the rail on said upper block, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of June, 1905.

DAVID EQOLDS.

Witnesses CHARLES H. PELL, RUSSELL M. EVERETT. 

